So leading from another thread....Eugenics? Yay or Nay?
Discussion
After following this thread for a while (The John Venables one) someone mentioned Eugenics and now it is rapidly developing into Gowdin's territory and name calling but it does raise a couple of serious questions for me.
The first is the hypothetical one and covers all humans on the planet.
Would Eugenics be helpful for the advancement of the human race?
The second is the one that is joked about in pubs and mentioned on internet threads.
Would Eugenics be helpful to the advancement of the UK?
I will answer both as best i can but would be interested to see how others feel.
Would Eugenics be helpful for the advancement of the human race?
I can see no way that humanity will survive unless something is done at some point, as a race we are getting larger, lazier, possibly stupider and we are stagnating. From a Natural selection stand point at some time in the future we will have to cull the herd or die.
This is before we get to the lack of resources and space on Earth for our current population let alone the projections for 20, 50 and 100 years time.
Would Eugenics be helpful to the advancement of the UK?
Most of us will have thought about it, i know i often joke about it (i refer to eugenics and involuntary euthanasia very regularly after dealing with idiots at work) but would you be happy with the idea that the State (especially one with politicians as useless as ours can be) had a say in who could have children?
We could stop the 5th generation of dolescum who will never have a job and just sponge from us hard working PHers in one swoop!
We could greatly reduce some genetic conditions.
But would all this turn us into a Gattaca style society where genetics controlled status or would it be something better/worse?
For all the logical arguments i can provide regarding the reason for eugenics to be carried out in the UK they never quite convince me it would be worth the moral and social cost. So although i feel the UK would benefit from a well organised Eugenics program i would definitely protest against it.
The first is the hypothetical one and covers all humans on the planet.
Would Eugenics be helpful for the advancement of the human race?
The second is the one that is joked about in pubs and mentioned on internet threads.
Would Eugenics be helpful to the advancement of the UK?
I will answer both as best i can but would be interested to see how others feel.
Would Eugenics be helpful for the advancement of the human race?
I can see no way that humanity will survive unless something is done at some point, as a race we are getting larger, lazier, possibly stupider and we are stagnating. From a Natural selection stand point at some time in the future we will have to cull the herd or die.
This is before we get to the lack of resources and space on Earth for our current population let alone the projections for 20, 50 and 100 years time.
Would Eugenics be helpful to the advancement of the UK?
Most of us will have thought about it, i know i often joke about it (i refer to eugenics and involuntary euthanasia very regularly after dealing with idiots at work) but would you be happy with the idea that the State (especially one with politicians as useless as ours can be) had a say in who could have children?
We could stop the 5th generation of dolescum who will never have a job and just sponge from us hard working PHers in one swoop!
We could greatly reduce some genetic conditions.
But would all this turn us into a Gattaca style society where genetics controlled status or would it be something better/worse?
For all the logical arguments i can provide regarding the reason for eugenics to be carried out in the UK they never quite convince me it would be worth the moral and social cost. So although i feel the UK would benefit from a well organised Eugenics program i would definitely protest against it.
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